DocumentCode
863425
Title
Liquid Helium Scintillation Detection with Germanium Photodiodes
Author
Luke, Paul N. ; Haller, E.E. ; Steiner, Herbert N.
Author_Institution
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Materials Science and Engineering Department University of California Berkeley, California 94720 U.S.A.
Volume
30
Issue
1
fYear
1983
Firstpage
429
Lastpage
430
Abstract
Special high-purity germanium photodiodes have been developed for the direct detection of vacuum ultraviolet scintillations in liquid helium. The photodiodes are immersed in the liquid helium, and scintillations are detected through one of the bare sides of the photodiodes. Test results with scintillation photons produced by 5.3MeV ¿ particles are presented. The use of these photodiodes as liquid helium scintillation detectors may offer substantial improvements over the alternate detection method requiring the use of wavelength shifters and photomultiplier tubes.
Keywords
Cathodes; Germanium; Helium; Laboratories; Photodiodes; Photomultipliers; Pulse amplifiers; Scintillation counters; Solid scintillation detectors; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1983.4332304
Filename
4332304
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